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From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org>
To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
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Subject: Re: Problems running Tar (1) for "newer" files
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On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:06 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> writes:
> > Im trying to create a tar ball by running ->
> > tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar *
> >
> > I keep getting this error ->
> > tar: More than one threshold date
> >
> > Can anyone see what Im doing wrong?
> > Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6
>
> Works for me (-STABLE).
> My best guess would be that the '*' is matching a filename that
> confuses tar (maybe something beginning with a dash?).
> Try using '.' instead.

I dont know.  Maybe a glitch in the matrix, but its working today....